2022-05-04 14:46:17
The Beating Heart of the Labor Movement in Iran
On the occasion of the International Labor Day, this article examines the condition of the working class in Iran and the economic and political problems they face. We briefly review some of the largest labor activities of the previous year and the structural barriers faced by labor organizing in Iran. The struggle of Iranian labor is analogous to the larger struggles faced by the world’s working class –especially of the global South– for safe working conditions, fair wages, and decent benefits. We wholeheartedly believe in what Marx noted in the Manifesto that “the struggle of the proletariat with the bourgeoisie is at first a national struggle.” To acquire political supremacy, the working class must first defeat its own bourgeoisie. However, in the context of accelerated globalization and the rise of a global bourgeoisie, the workplace condition is closely linked to the global political economic context. Thus to improve the work conditions, the labor movement needs to confront workplace issues on domestic and international fronts. In such conditions, international solidarity is an indispensable step for the ultimate emancipation of the working class from the yoke of global capitalism.
Historical lessons direct us to the belief that solidarity must be constructed; it is erroneous to assume that it already exists because of the similarity of the crisis. Our attempt in this series and the following article is to put the spotlight on the analogous conditions of work in Iran with a special focus on the novel resistance used by the working class to overcome such obstacles. We hope that the lessons of the Iranian labor movement spark further conversations and eventual alliances with other workers of the world in developing a future alternative.
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